thanks Alan; it certainly doesn't get driven much these days. I need to
rebuild the front brake calipers as they are leaking little bit and one is
dragging slightly; maybe I should replace the switch at the same time.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
To: "Frank Magnusson" <fmags@cox.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake light switch
> Frank -
>
> It's a bad switch. I've replaced all of mine and they all work
> properly in all my cars. It helps if you drive the cars regularly.
>
> But john's solution is simple too.
>
> Alan
>
> On 8/28/10, Frank Magnusson <fmags@cox.net> wrote:
>> Has anyone found a substitute for the brake light pressure switch so that
>> the
>> brake lights come on at a lower pressure or found an easy way to mount a
>> position switch on the brake pedal itself like most cars have? It takes
>> a
>> fairly good stomp on the brake pedal to get the pressure switch to light
>> up
>> the brake lights. This is the second switch I've put in over the years,
>> but
>> I
>> don't think its a bad switch; I think its a design 'feature'. I've
>> followed
>> other Healeys with the same obervation that a friend of mine had
>> following
>> me
>> this morning; the brake lights don't come on until very late and only if
>> its
>> a
>> fairly firm stop. Tired of people almost running into me.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Frank Magnusson
>> Wichita, KS
>> '65 BJ8
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